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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Auburndale held a 10-point lead after the first quarter but couldn’t hold on to the lead and eventually dropped a Marawood Conference South Division girls basketball game at Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 47-44 in overtime last Friday.
The Apaches led 12-2 after the first quarter only to see Assumption chip away at their lead and force overtime after the game was tied 36-36 at the end of regulation. The Royals used an 11-8 advantage in the overtime to earn the victory and stay unbeaten at 5-0 and improve to 2-0 in the Marawood South. Auburndale drops to 3-2 and 1-1 in the conference.
Nicole Nikolay scored 12 points and Sam Karl added 11 for the Apaches, which made just 13 of 34 shots from the field and were outrebounded 26-17.
Mary Sigler had 17 points and Emily Freundl had 16 points and nine rebounds for Assumption.
Auburndale plays at undefeated Wausau Newman Catholic on Tuesday.
Royals 47, Apaches 44 (OT)
Auburndale 12 7 12 5 8 – 44
Assumption 2 11 14 9 11 – 47
AUBURNDALE (44): Sam Karl 1-5 9-10 11, Mikayla Jankowski 1-3 1-4 4, Nicole Nikolay 4-10 3-6 12, Emma Steines 3-8 0-0 7, Becky Willfahrt 1-1 0-0 2, Melanie Brandl 1-3 0-0 2, Kendra Kundinger 0-1 0-0 0, Brianna Meyer 2-3 2-4 6. FG: 13-34. FT: 15-24. 3-pointers: 4-10 (Steines 2-4, Nikolay 1-2, Jankowski 1-2, Brandl 0-1, Kundinger 0-1). Rebounds: 17 (Brandl 5). Assists: 11 (Willfahrt 3, Karl 3). Record: 3-2, 1-1 Marawood South.
ASSUMPTION (47): Katie Sigler 0-1 1-2 1, Carley Weisenbeck 1-6 0-0 2, Mary Sigler 5-18 6-10 17, Kallie Reinke 3-4 0-0 6, Brittney Birkhauser 1-6 0-0 2, Emily Freundl 4-9 8-13 16, Hannah Skibba 1-2 1-2 3. FG: 15-46. FT: 16-27. 3-pointers: 1-3 (M. Sigler 1-2, Weisenbeck 0-1). Rebounds: 26 (Freundl 9). Assists: 5 (M. Sigler 4). Record: 5-0, 2-0 Marawood South.